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Tributes: George McGovern

Senator George McGovern remained true to his liberal Democratic roots, nurtured in South Dakota, throughout his long life. He just died at the age of 90 in South Dakota, near where he’d spent his formative years. He won the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 1972 as an opponent of the Vietnam War. Though he lost to Richard Nixon, he continued to uphold progressive causes – and opposed with equal vehemence the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. He spoke to Leonard Lopate several times and you can hear his conversations with Leonard from 1996 and 2005.

George McGovern on the Leonard Lopate Show in 1996

George McGovern on the Leonard Lopate Show in 2005

The Leonard Lopate Show

Leonard Lopate hosts the conversation New Yorkers turn to each afternoon for insight into contemporary art, theater, and literature, plus expert tips about the ever-important lunchtime topic: food.
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